Sounding toy



H. SINGER SOUNDING TOY June 26, 1951 Filed Oct. 28, 1948 M i W 5 5 044 $0 M 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o o o M N ATTORNEY Patented June 26 195i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a toy pistol, and more particularly to a toy pistol provided with a musical bell.

The object of this invention is to provide a toy pistol which, when fired, rings a bell in lieu of detonating a cap or discharging a missile.

Another object of the invention is to provide a toy pistol which has attached thereto a pair of bells that are adapted to be rung selectively to produce a series of musical sounds.

A further object of the invention is to provide a toy pistol which is extremely simple and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the toy pistol with parts thereof broken away;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral Ill designates a solid body having the configuration of a gun or pistol and includes a handle II. The body In is provided with a cut-out I2 on the right side thereof and communicating with the cut-out I2 is a groove I3 for a purpose to be subsequently described. Arranged adjacent the cut-out I2 is a bell I4 which is secured to the body ID by a screw I5 which projects from a lug I6 that is secured to the body II]. The screw I5 projects through an aperture I! in the bell I4 and a nut I8 releasably locks the bell thereon. For sounding or ringing the bell I4, a tapper is arranged therein and the tapper comprises a bent bar I9 having a ball 20 secured to its upp r end. A link 2I extends through the groove I3, and a pin 25 which is pivotally connected to body I0 connects the other end of the bar I9 to a finger-engaging ring 34 arranged below the body III.

7 A second cut-out 22 is formed in the opposite or left side of the body Ill and arranged adjacent .thereto is a different-sized bell 23 which is secured to the body II] in the same manner that the other bell is secured thereto. For ringing the bell 23, a tapper is provided and comprises an L-shaped bar 24 having a ball 26 on its upper end. The other end of the bar 24 is pivotally connected to the body III by a pin 27 and is mounted for movement in a recess 28 which communicates with the cut-out 22. A link 29 is arranged on the left side of the body I0 and is secured to the pin 21, there being a knurled thumb-engaging tab 30 secured to the link 29. A stop member 3| limits movement of the ball 26 away from the bell 23.

In use, the handle II is gripped and the tab 30 tapped downwardly with the thumb to cause the ball 26 to ring the bell 23 and the index finger is used to pull the ring 34 backwardly to cause the ball 20 to strike the bell I4. The bar I9 then drops back and rests on the lug I6 until it is again raised. The ring 34 is large enough to permit a push-pull action by the users fingers and is large enough to provide play therein.

As many embodiments may be made of this inventive concept, and as many modifications may be made in the embodiment hereinbefore shown and described, it is to be understood that all matter herein is to be interpreted merely as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

In a sounding toy, a solid body shaped in the configuration of a cap pistol, said body having a circular recess formed in a side thereof, a stud projecting outwardly from the center of said recess, a bell mounted on said stud and overlying the recess, a trigger disposed below said body in the plane of its longitudinal center, said recess having a slot opening downwardly through its side wall, an angled arm ofiset laterally from said trigger and extending upwardly through said slot, a pivot pin mounted in the bottom wall of said recess and engaged by the free end of said arm, and a tapper extending from the free end of said arm adjacent the point of pivot thereof to strike the bell whenever the trigger is actuated.

HENRY SINGER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,211,870 Newton Jan. 9, 1917 1,513,552 Iadarola Oct. 28, 1924; 

